The San Martín Sentinel
Market7 Feb 2028
Darío Sand hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what San Martín can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Nahuel Manganelli keeps San Martín in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Gonzalo Gutiérrez has agreed to leave San Martín for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Tempers go at San Martín
Darío Sand was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
6 academy players handed senior numbers at San Martín
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Words at San Martín training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nicolás Castro is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Gonzalo Rodríguez gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market7 Feb 2028
San Martín promote Tomás Cohen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tomás Cohen has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market7 Feb 2028
San Martín promote Daniel Colombo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Colombo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Matías Miranda steps up from the San Martín academy
- Boardroom San Martín board go back on their word
- Boardroom San Martín turn down the training-ground plan